failure as a parent". Although he is not the perfect role model parent‚ he is very responsible and easily gained the trust of Jem and Scout‚ something essential in every parent-child relationship. Also‚ even though he is a single parent‚ he tries his best to raise Jem and Scout to be moral and respectable people. Atticus incorporated good moral values into Jem and Scout by acting as a good role model to them and strongly upholding justice and not taking favourites‚ even to his own children. He
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the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there are many recurrences of the theme of reason vs. madness. An all too familiar scene is when the mad Tim Johnson is seen "moseyin’" down the road by Jem and Scout and is put out of his misery by Atticus‚ who at first is reluctant to take the shot. This scene not only strengthens Atticus’ character‚ but sets a prime example of how reason takes on the madness of the situation. This same theme is repeated in different forms throughout the novel and
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the trial scene and its relationship to the rest of the novel: The trial scene‚ which takes up several chapters of the book‚ can be seen as the climax of the story. This part of the book sums up some themes Harper lee refers to in the novel such as racial prejudice‚ morality‚ injustice and maturity. The trial is the backbone of the novel‚ and was an effective way to for the author to show that racism was present in the society of Maycomb and its relationship with the novel becomes apparent. Shortly
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in To Kill a Mockingbird is racism. Racism is seen all throughout the story and has powerful impact on all of the characters. The idea of white and colored people as equals is an idea that the main character‚ Scout Finch‚ learns through her experiences. She starts to realize that the people in Maycomb were more judgy than she had always thought. This idea for her was mainly introduced to her during the Tom Robinson case. This case had racism “written all over it.” During the trial‚ Scout‚ Jem‚ and
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fight and kill each other‚ and listen to rap music all day long”‚ “not one of them are smart‚ they’re all dumb and shouldn’t even have an education” All of this has to do with the theme of moral courage because in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird the author Harper Lee sets the story in the time period of the Great Depression. The genre of this novel is a Bildungsroman‚ a novel dealing with one person’s younger years or spiritual education‚ the main characters are Jem Finch‚ Jean “Scout” Louise Finch
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Scout is just a young child trying to be involved in everything she can. Over the summer scout makes a new freind names Dill. Her best friend is her brother Jem they do everything together. She is an out gowing girl she does everything that the boys do. Scout likes to tag along and be were everybody else is. Scout also likes to see what her father is doing all the time. She really never leaves her dad side either. Like scout I always wanted to be where ever my dad was‚ even if it was working on
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In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ which describes the childhood experiences of Jean Louise Finch‚ or known mainly as Scout‚ who lives in the town of Maycomb in Alabama. Throughout the story‚ many groups of people in the 1930’s‚ which consisted of the African American community‚ has experience unjust treatment. In the beginning of the novel‚ Scout starts out innocent‚ essentially in her own bubble‚ but as the story progresses on she begins to break out of her bubble from these events
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Scout‚ also known as Jean Louise Finch‚ is the narrator throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. She is one of the few the most interesting characters in this novel. Although Scout is very young throughout‚ she is very intelligent and understanding of what goes on around her‚ but she is a bit curious as well. Scout is more of a tomboy than a girly girl‚ and she would often get into fights with the boys around her school. These traits often occur during most of the novel‚ except some
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Scout is one of many brave children in the novel. For example‚ Scout isn’t afraid to stand up to people who might hurt her or her family‚ and she doesn’t let anyone or anything change the way she does things‚ as well as‚ not letting the kids at school get to her and being able to control her emotions and actions. The role of Scout being brave is talked about in the novel. This happens in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The book focuses on how the separation of blacks and whites used
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD The Mockingbird has a very deep and powerful meaning in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. In general‚ it represents peacefulness‚ innocence and kindness. Characters such as Boo Radely can be compared to the mockingbird in the title of the novel. Tom Robinson can also be compared to the mockingbird. Yet‚ the mockingbird’s influence does not end there. For it can also be applied to relationship between human beings. Thus‚ the Mockingbird is a powerful symbol that echoes a strong
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